andoaklandisnot a member city and they randomly take 20 cities that are plead broadly representative of the housing market and san francisco is the second line on here and posted as one of the naysest paces of recovery and so we get some help from residential construction and we also get help from securelier spending this is what i'm showing here and this is the debt service ratio and it's an interesting concept if says if you add up my mortgage payment and car payment and any other kind of consumer debt that i carey and how much of that is a% of personal disposable income and where we are at relative total whereas 30 years that service ratio is about as low as it's been during anytime at that period and is there any reason that the fed tries to lower interest raid and rate and drive the cost of housing and if you look at the graph on the left hand side the blue portion is the household real estate value and not surprisingly it's down and hasn't really come back much in the last couple of ears and the rusty color on top is the financial assets and we have retraced a lot of the lost r

and more transparent opd.theoaklandpolicedepartment is stepping up tonight and vowing for key changes to invest in the city's trust. jordan also wants the public to know that his cops are on the job and dedicated to doing the right thing. nbc bay area cheryl herd is live in oakland where transparency is the word of the evening. >> it is, indeed. keith jordan is telling me tonight that it's time to set the record straight. he says there's been so much negativity about his department in the press that he says it's time to speak out. >> the public has a right to know. >> some members of the public often criticizes oakland's police department from withholding the truth. his department is opened and transparent. >> you know, when we do something wrong, i'll be the first person to stand before you and admit that we do something wrong. >> case in point, ronald raw. his case in point murder conviction recently overturned after seven years. jordan admits mistakes were made in his department. >> jordan says he's not prepared to apologize to chow band. >> suddenly, you know, i was put all over t

to year and last year we hosted the eventinoaklandwhich,is why here here in san francisco this year and is to mayor lee thank you for being the host city this year andmary khan thank you for traveling across the bay that very short way to be here in san francisco. so how many of you are feeling optimistic about 2013? can you raise your hand? right? (applause). ism. it just has a feel? it just has that feel it's started starting out at a good space and with opt mission and that's good goods and this is a good year on top of the giant's 49 win and 49ers making to the bowel and this is all going to put more sales in the regional economy and again there is so much business activity. and we are blessed with just being in this part of the country and the world. i'm very interested in what we are going to hear from our speakers this morning to sort off guide us through this year. now before we get to our program please join me in thanking the organizations and people who made this possible. and you can clap now for awful them but -- this event is jointly presented by san francisco bu

have a very nays-growing industry and many of the flackets you see are dhoastledinoakland, andnew or gangs food products under the -- cost potential now are being manufactured in oakland and so we have what i think is a really balanced, balanced economy. so, what we are not talking about crime but, i just -- [inaudible] approximate was not part of the agenda but what are some of the challenges and part of the challenges is more i think the perceptual reality of crime and this is a year of where crime went up everywhere in san francisco and san jose and quite frankly and i'm being very honestly about this because of what the president said the other night we are for the not going to end -- unless we get the universal background check on gunses because california and oakland have some of the strongest laws in the country but the guns come in across nevada evidence and we need all of your help to support the president on this. because if you care about the violence in america cities, we have to have -- it's a no-brainer if it's legal for a teenager to have a machine begun in the str

and so, i'm alms -- between san franciscoandoakland, thatyou believe [inaudible] employee and is i had you raise your hands already and you are going to expand the idea that meet leading edge companies say they want to be with the talented and with oakland being the liberator and home of the -- technology in general and thriving arts and cutting edge innovation in general in areas we really have the talent here in the bay area and i think that is critical and also, i think we are looking at investors internationally and frankly at an -- promising a lot of our time to chinese investors and really an international economy but we are looking at not just across the country but to invest and -- in the bay area and it's not goal of -- 50% there and to ed we are a region and many of these companys are going to be make this horizontal and vertical -- chinese investors in the entire bay area and so they have to have it's a different game. and you know, texans have to live there. the reality is that this is one of the most beautiful places with the best whrr and -- [inaudible] company that is

rehabilitated.>>>oaklandpolicechief is launching a new strategy to combat crime. dividing the city into five districts. >> reporter: from fruitvalley to downtown and the oakland hills, the city's neighborhoods have different needs when it comes to combating crime. >> oakland has a diverse community. >> reporter: under a new plan that starts this weekend, oakland will be divided into five district police districts. >> each will have a captain. responsible for tailerring their strategies to their neighborhoods. >> it is neighborhood policing. we are slicing up the pie and giving commanders a smaller area with the direction that not only are you going to fight crime but you are going to strengthen the partnership that we have with the community. >> i am excited. i am excited about, about -- it is going to bring additional resources. >> reporter: the council man thinks the strategy will work because opd tried it tried it somewhere else. >> they decided to based on our resources to split the city into two areas. now we are going back to the way it was. >> reporter: 40 year oakland resident li

to him. >> they say gary fite is 5'8", 180 pounds and tiestooakland, vallejoantioch and reno, nevada >> katie: new this morning, two east bay police agencies are trading cash for guns today. fremont police are holding a gun buy-back for residents of fremont, newark and pittsburg police will buy guns from pittsburg or bay point residents. up to $1200 will be paid for rifles, shotguns and handguns. assault weapons are worth $300 until the money runs out. both take place between 10:00 to 3:00. fremont event is at the fire department training facility. pittsburg event is on city hall. guns must be unloaded and transported in the trunk of your car. >> in pinole they are investigating a scary kidnapping that happened in broad daylight. a 12-year-old girl told her parents a man on appian way asked her if she wanted a ride. when the girl said no, she claims the man grabbed her wrist but managed to escape. the man is described as young and thin with short hair and a piercing in his right eyebrow. >> the state department of social services has shut down the livermore day-care center pending an

. police say gary casdell fite is 5'8", 180 pounds and he has tiestooakland, vallejo,antioch and reno, nevada. reporting from the west county detention center in richmond, i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >> new this morning, two east bay police agencies are trading cash for guns today. fremont police are holding a gun buy back for residents of fremont, newark and union city and pittsburg police will buy guns from pittsburgh or bay point residents. proof of residency is required. up to $200 will be paid for rifles, shotguns and handguns. assault weapons are forth $300 until the money runs out. those events take place from 10:00 this morning until 3:00 in the afternoon. the fremont event will take place at the fire department training facility on stevenson boulevard. the pittsburgh event is at city hall on pacific avenue. guns must be unloaded and transported in the trunk of your car. >>> in pinole police are investigating a scary attempted kidnapping that happened in broad daylight. a twelve-year-old girl told her a man asked her if she wanted a ride when she walked home from school yesterd

teacheraides.oaklandunifiedcould cut 65 administrators. and 11 non-tenured teachers. alum rock is giving out 87 preliminary notices -- 78 to teachers. antioch may cut 13 teachers. redwood city. 8 certified positions may be eliminated - including school nurses and counselors. and for fremont, san jose unified, walnut creek and palo alto unified -- those districts say *no pink slips have been sent out. some of the teachers receiving these notices are all too familiar with them. in fact, some have been receiving them for years. the next big deadline is may 15th. that's when school administrators will send out finalized pink slips. new tonight at 8-- an emotional vigil tonight for three victims of a deadly drunk driving crash in daly city. kron 4's alecia reid has reaction from grieved family members. new developments tonight -- the pain is too fresh this was at the location of the accident and people were extremely upset. >> i could not be comforted by should it be the one that died not my will never see my little girl or my little boy's the family is still grieving family is goin

and it is the it could be the giving of great say food and go see things that inspire meaboutoaklandisagain it's ability to change. for every think that you would every say negative about oakland, i can say ten positives we are our own city. oakland to know it, is to love it.. >> (applause) all right. so thank you mayor khan and now we have for san francisco coming up and to sso to welcome mayor lee welcome kristine row wish senator vice senior vice president of service area of case zero permanenta. >> thank you peculiary if you have questions write them on the cards and hold your hands up. kristine >>> good morning case zero permanent at a is pleased once again to be a sponsor of this annual event where our mayors come together to share their vision for the coming year. our partnership with both oakland and san francisco is of key importance to kaiser permanent at a. we provide care to over 400,000 people in those city and is our partnership with those cities helps us fulfill our mission, to improve community health. because we know that, with improvement community development and eco

temperatures. and have will be coming in at 73 degrees. it will be low 70'sforceoakland. oakland. saarosa will be coming in as 72. it will be 68 degrees for downtown san francisco. we do have blamed in the forecast for next wrained in thr next week. >> in the north bay, a officer involved in a fatal shooting friday night least one man dead. police and american kenyan said the shooting happened after that try to stop the driver in this white pickup truck. he refused to pull over, so there was a short chase. it ended near nouvenewell drive and down in some way just over half a mile away from the american kenyan high school. police opened fire killing the driver. it is not known as the driver provoked police to shoot him. no officers were injured. >> today, friends and family are coming during the one- year anniversary of sierra lamar's disappearance. the 15 year-old cheerleader was last seen march 16th wall on her way to school. her body was never found. today's event includes a news conference and balloon release followed by another surge. the search stars at the center, at 85 at tilton ro

'8", 180 pounds and he has tiestooakland, vallejo,antioch and reno, nevada. reporting from the west county detention center in richmond, i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >>> coming up on 5:06 and new this morning, two east bay police agencies are trading cash for guns odd. fremont police are holding a gun buy back for residents of fremont, newark and union city and middleburg police will buy guns from pittsburgh or bay point residents. proof of residency is required. up to $200 will be paid for rifles, shotguns and handguns. assault weapons are forth $300 until the money runs out. those events take place from 10:00 this morning until 3:00 in the afternoon. the fremont event take place at the fire department training facility on stevenson boulevard. the pittsburgh event is atzy haul on pacific avenue. guns must be unloaded and transported in the trunk of your car. >>> in pinole police are investigating a scary attempted kidnapping that happened in broad day light. a twelve-year-old girl told her a man asked her if she wanted a ride when she walked home from school yesterday afternoon. when

windows attheoaklandtribuneoffices. the newspaper reports a window pane was shattered and five banks were vandalized. >> new information about a deadly shooting at a richmond bart station. police gave out flyers to passengers last night. they are looking for anyone who saw a man shoot and kill another man. >> i ducked and sought guy fall. >> what did you do? >> my wife was waiting for me to pick me up and i went to her car and we left. it was -- crazy out here. >> reporter: bart police reveal the bullet also grazed a 26- year-old. he was treated at a hospital and released. detectives first thought there were two shooters but now they say they are looking for just one suspect. they believe there was an altercation before the shooting. >> sierra lamar disappeared a year ago today. police say they believe she was kidnapped walk together bus stop not far from her home. her purse, clothes and cell phone were found in fields, close to where she was last seen. hundreds of volunteers and several searches have been done. two months after she disappeared police arrested a 21-year-old for

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has tiestooakland, vallejoand antioch and also reknown, -- reno, nevada. reporting live from richmond, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you. what a mistake. >>> also new at 11:00, a scary daylight attempted kidnapping in pinole. a 12-year-old girl said a man asked if she wanted a ride as she walked home from school this afternoon. when the girl said no, she claims the man grabbed her wrist, but she was able to escape. the man has been described as a young, thin adult, short hair with a brown goatee and a piercing in his right eyebrow. >>> tomorrow marks a grim anniversary. sierra lamar vanished on her way to school march 16th, last year. despite countless searches by law enforcement and volunteers, there is still no sign of sierra. sergio is live in morgan hill where family and friends are planning for tomorrow's special event. sergio? >> this elementary school has basically become the sierra lamar search center, and as you can see on that board back there, they are planning a balloon released to mark the year that the 15-year-old disappeared. steve lamar, sierra's father, and

that was mistakenly handed to him. police say he is 5 foot 8 and 180 pounds and he has tiestooakland, vallejoand antioch and also reknown, -- reno, nevada. reporting live from richmond, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you. what a mistake. >>> also new at 11:00, a daylight attempted kidnapping in pinole. a 12-year-old girl said a man asked if she wanted a ride as she walked home from school this afternoon. when the girl said no, she claims the man grabbed her wrist, but she was able to escape. the man has been described as a young, thin adult, short hair with a brown goatee and a piercing in his right eyebrow. >>> tomorrow marks a grim anniversary. sierra lamar vanished on her way to school march 16th, last year. despite countless searches by law enforcement and volunteers, there is of no sign of sierra. sergio is live in morgan hill where family and friends are planning for tomorrow's special event. sergio? >> this elementary school has basically become the sierra lamar search center, and as you can see on that board back there, they are planning a balloon released to mark the year that the 1

about and celebrate irish culture and history.>>>oaklandpolicehave a new strategy to combat crime. it involves dividing the city after five districts. and as ktvu's allie rasmus explains, the police are trying to combat crime. >> oakland has a very diverse community. >> reporter: under a new plan that starts this weekend oakland will be quited into five different police districts each district will have a captain. >> the captains will have the responsibility of targeting their area. it's really neighborhood policing, we're giving commanders a more manageable area with the direction of not only are you going to fight crime but you're going to strengthen the relationship we have with the community. >> i'm really excited about the fact that it's going to bring extra resources. >> reporter: councilman reid says opd has tried a similar strategy with success. >> they decided to based on our resources put the city into two areas now we're going back to the way it was. >> reporter: 40 year oakland resident robertson likes the idea of seeing the same officers, commanders and sergeants ever

. organizers say the event is for everyone to learn about and celebrate irish culture and history.>>>oaklandpolicehave a new strategy to combat crime. it involves dividing the city after five districts. and as ktvu's allie rasmus explains, the police are trying to combat crime. >> oakland has a very diverse community. >> reporter: under a new plan that starts this weekend oakland will be quited into five different police districts each district will have a captain. >> the captains will have the responsibility of targeting their area. it's really neighborhood policing, we're giving commanders a more manageable area with the direction of not only are you going to fight crime but you're going to strengthen the relationship we have with the community. >> i'm really excited about the fact that it's going to bring extra resources. >> reporter: councilman reid says opd has tried a similar strategy with success. >> they decided to based on our resources put the city into two areas now we're going back to the way it was. >> reporter: 40 year oakland resident robertson likes the idea of seeing the s

the nimitz freeway neartheoaklandcoliseum.northbound 880 will be closed from 1:00 to 6:00 sunday morning. drivers following a detour taking them along coliseum way before getting back on the freeway. the closures allowing for crews to install part of a bridge. that span will carry a shuttle system. linking bart and oakland airport. >>> a recall affecting more than 200,000 toyotas. the safety recall involves 2007 through 2013 model year fj cruisers according to toyota the retractors can crack over time and seat belts can become detached. the owners will be notified by mail. repairs can be done at any authorized dealer. >> bart is taking a look at its bike policy. first car is off limits. that is wheelchair access. during commute hours, first three will be passenger only. the program runs next week only from monday to friday. >> a former san francisco supervisor is pressuring larry ellison to makeup the budget short fall for america's cup races this summer. the billionaire founder brought the races to the bay with his team ora cell. -- orra cell. but estimations have fallen far short, leav

reporter mark has the story. >> sky 7 hd was up over the waste management yardinoaklandthismorning after workers went on strike complaining the company was using e verify to retaliate against union organizing. >> all workers have a right to be free from threats, intimidation. >>reporter: spokesman for the long shore men warehouse worker said the strike only lasted 5 hours but the company got the message. spokesman for waste management denies that employe employees were being singled out. >> e verify went in effect in 2009. area employee is subject to the e verify. >>reporter: program also touched off a boycott of south bay base grocery chain me pueblo. 81 worker accuse the chain of using database to get rid of employee this wanted to organize. at pacific steel in berkeley 200 employee were his let go after the company ran 500 names through the e verify program. company says only 5 of the 200 were reinstated. the company was forced to withdraw from e verify in a settlement with its union. >> pacific steel is a really good example in terms of if you don't have immigration refo

is 5 foot 8 and 180 pounds and he has tiestooakland, vallejoand antioch and also reknown, -- reno, nevada. reporting live from richmond, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you. what a mistake. >>> also new at 11:00, a scary daylight attempted kidnapping in pinole. a 12-year-old girl said a man asked if she wanted a ride as she walked home from school this afternoon. when the girl said no, she claims the man grabbed her wrist, but she was able to escape. the man has been described as a young, thin adult, short hair with a brown goatee and a piercing in his right eyebrow. >>> tomorrow marks a grim anniversary. sierra lamar vanished on her way to school march 16th, last year. despite countless searches by law enforcement and volunteers, there is still no sign of sierra. sergio is live in morgan hill where family and friends are planning for tomorrow's special event. sergio? >> this elementary school has basically become the sierra lamar search center, and as you can see on that board back there, they are planning a balloon released to mark the year that the 15-year-old disappeared. steve

experience we haveinoakland. manygreat programs start off very well, then people leave. budgets get cut. there's no sustainability. and they go off into the horizon. so, you four enlightened commanders, you understand this. but the challenges ahead, sequestration, perhaps, your budgets, change of command, retirement -- how do you four feel about being able to sustain this program and the concept that has been started here in the last three years at san francisco fleet week? >> i'll take that, jeff. one of the things that we have done is made sure that we derive value and benefit from the programs that we participate in. if we were showing up to be a training aid for somebody else, that would certainly die out. but we have mapped out objectives for ourselves which really benefit us across the spectrum of our operations. so, if you understand that going into this business and you know that you can get something out of it, there is a greater willingness, i think, to participate. so, we're in the process of building that and trying to codify that into our long-term training plan. >> if you

certified staff positions. and 43 teacheraids.oaklandunifiedwill cut 65 administrators. and 11 non-tenured teachers. alum rock is giving out 87 notices in total. 78 of those are to teachers. antioch is cutting 13 teachers. redwood city. 8 certified positions maybe eliminated. this includes school nurses and counselors. and when i called the following districts on your screen. all them told me no pink- slips were sent out. this is for fremont, san jose unified school district, walnut creek and to palo alto unified school district. while some districts said the reason for planning to cut or not cut jobs had to do with declining or increasing enrollment. another part of this. is prop 30. it prevented a 5-billion dollar cut to schools. and provides more funding for schools during the next seven years. school district told me that has made it possible for districts to more confidently budget for next year. these staff members who got pink slips will not necessarily lose their jobs -- some of them will move into other positions in the district. when the state budget picture is clearer. >

a deal including honorable discharge. >>> now to an nbc bay areafollow-up,oakland's policechief is setting the record straight by a lawsuit followed by an accountant who claims the city wrongly arrested him. officers took him into custody on february 13th and he was later released and hasn't been charged. today howard jordan says that doesn't mean the arrest was unlawful or unwarranted. today investigators believe that van was at the scene of a crime and that they want to find other witnesses who can provide other information. the chief says when mistakes are discovered, the community can expect to follow through. but in this case van remains a named suspect. >>> it took two years, lots of money, two trials, lots of money and four years, but the long-running case against the san francisco police lab technician accused of stealing drugs ended today with a guilty plea. debra madden seen her in court sketches pled guilty to a reduced charge of possessing cocaine. it's a misdemeanor conviction to carry up to a year in prison. madden as you remember went to trial twice on the more se

in san francisco, but certainlyinoakland. inthe east bay. there are some facilities left in the city. being an acute politician, he soon realized what that meant. it was the answer to a political problem. if you put a piece of art in a neighborhood, community members will bicker about it endlessly. if it is only there to be there three months, that is something else coming in deed. i could see a light bulb above his head when we said that. -- something else, indeed. one could just create art paths out of durable materials upon which you could amount to such works of art. then the entire city, given the supply of createive talent, the whole city could be a revolving work of art. that would be wonderful. that is what black rock city is. why not transpose that to san francisco? i think the city is now looking at doing art paths for that purpose. it would not be hard, given the abundance of -- after so many years in the desert, there is a huge backlog of brilliant art. magnificent piece is done by armies of artists working together. so that is an obvious things that could be instituted.

mostly cloudy andoaklandispartly cloudy. the temperature for the current numbers are cooler around the bay. sfo 56 degrees. a slight wind. a perfect day. a lot like today. which will be like tomorrow. temperature will be similar. more sunshine tomorrow and that's a nicer day i suspect. the weekend is dry, as we go down the road, as we get into tuesday night and wednesday, we'll see rain, not a big deal. it will be wet. plan accordingly if you have outdoor activities planned for next week. overnight lows 40s. 45 in antioch. a few high clouds today in a mild at the everyone will pursuit into tomorrow. more sunshine as the high pressure pushes more clouds to the north. a nice looking saturday, saturday the nicest day on the weekend. sunday is close behind. the forecast model clears it out. the clouds we're seeing now clear out overnight. maybe coastal fog, we clear out in the afternoon, rain stays to the north as everything, days gets longer. we have a nice looking bay area weekend. it's winter the, we're not going to see rain. 71 in napa, 72

communities close to where you should be.68oakland. 67new work, inland areas running warmer than normal again. 76 in fairfield. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. will be breezy but sunny both days including st. patrick's day. cooler on sunday. temperatures not changing a lot on monday other than increasing cloud cover then tuesday night is when rain arrives. it continues on wednesday. it's the first day of spring. drying out thursday, friday, rainfall projections now from a quarter to three quarters of an inch. higher elevations may pick up over an inch of rain. so... system that we need here. >> yes. >> thank you. >> coming up frustrated frequent flyer autos next from michael finney an airline run around, anyone trying to >>> getting easier to rack up frequent flyer miles but go and try to use them. >> one couple saved up miles three years to fly business class to europe. and when it came time to book they hit a wall. >> yes. michael finney has the story. >> problem? >> imagine this. >> with mergers now and airlines everybody has different rules, suddenly your wind joe here.

rapidly tomorrow. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy to sunny. along the coast mostly cloudyandoaklandispartly cloudy. the temperature for the current numbers are cooler around the bay. sfo 56 degrees. a slight wind. a perfect day. a lot like today. which will be like tomorrow. temperature will be similar. more sunshine tomorrow and that's a nicer day i suspect. the weekend is dry, as we go down the road, as we get into tuesday night and wednesday, we'll see rain, not a big deal. it will be wet. plan accordingly if you have outdoor activities planned for next week. overnight lows 40s. 45 in antioch. a few high clouds today in a mild at the everyone will pursuit into tomorrow. more sunshine as the high pressure pushes more clouds to the north. a nice looking saturday, saturday the nicest day on the weekend. sunday is close behind. the forecast model clears it out. the clouds we're seeing now clear out overnight. maybe coastal fog, we clear out in the afternoon, rain stays to the north as everything, days gets longer. we have a nice looking bay area weekend. it's winter the, we're not

brandon. commissioners south east city, toya moses.>>oaklandportcommissioner, brian parker. director of workforce development office of economic workforce department rhonda simmons and president jack and jill of america incorporated san francisco chapter and former soul service commissioner karen clopten. thank you all so much. well, we are so thrilled that our most distinguished keynote speaker was able to work us into his schedule today. welly has a way again of folks to show up. you know? he attended the american conserve torrey theater in san francisco and went on to appear on the big screen and the big stage. give a big warm welcome for the great amazing delroy lindo. can everybody hear me? >> i have to say that after agreeing to be here this afternoon, a few or some short time after i was sent a schedule, and on the schedule, i saw that i had ten minutes from my keynote address. and then, some while later, they sent me another schedule and i had 15 minutes, and then, they sent me another schedule and i had 20 minutes. and i get here this afternoon, and they give the brother ten

entertaining. plan your getaway at discoverlosangeles.com the f-b-i has joined the search foranoaklandmanwanted for robbing a bank in pinole. 22-year-old gary fite junior was already arrested for the crime earlier this month. but mis-communication between law enforcement agencies led to his release. kron four's philippe djegal explains. >> reporter: less than a half hour after robbing the mechanics bank on pinole valley road fridaym, march first. pinole police arrested gary fite junior for the crime. he and his accomplice were taken into custody. booked into contra costa county jail. by law, law enforcement and the district attorney have to file charges and arraign suspects within three days of an arrest. otherwise, the suspects have to be released from custody. the pinole police chief says his department filed its report to the da's office on the morning of tuesday march fifth. he says the da's office then called later that day and confirmed charges would be filed. yet still, fite was released from custoday. the contra costa county sheriff's department says it had no other choice than t

enough in 1991 the largest fatal wild fire incident occurred just down the road hereinoaklandwitha santa anna wind event. some of you may be familiar with that. within california we utilize an approach of local jurisdictions, state jurisdiction and federal jurisdiction, depending on the area and whoever has authority. with respect to cal fire, we are the third largest fire department in the nation and the largest in california with over 7,000 uniformed employees. we also have the largest aerial fire fighting nreed in the world. so typically when a large disaster type fire occurs, we are usually rendering aid, not asking for aid. so when we get into a situation when we get to that level, what we call mega fires is the new term we're using, we're reach a certain draw down level or certain criteria, we reach out to our military coordinators, hence our agreement with the third nraet and the one map locally in san francisco under ir cal fire prides itself on a statistic that we contain 97 percent of all wild fires in california with 10 acres or less and we do this with an aggr

, isthatoakland, thataccent? [laughter] >> i guess from my perspective, it never hurts to ask. we have a huge variety of sponsors. for example rona who is like a lowe's or home depot who is supplying or providing paint. they are a sponsor of my program. so, they provide me a 45% discount on paint as well as they give me a 25% discount coupon that we give to everybody. they supply the materials for my wipe outs, they supply the paint for my wipe out. cis -- not cis, seco paint has been providing paint the last number of years for wipe out. i know it's discouraging, but i think what i've found in terms of getting corporate sponsorship is starting at your local store and working it that way, trying to get them on board. and once you get them on board on small little events, then piece them off to get the bigger ones. so, for example, glad bag sponsors our 15 to clean program. they provide all the bags and all the gloves for our whole spring campaign. and it's possible. so does safeway. safeway sponsors one of our litter programs where they -- we pay nonprofit groups to go in the community, pick

. >> i'mfromoakland, californiaand mission in chicago is gun violence. over the years there have been a lot of issues in chicago, a lot of issues in oakland. it's similar to what i'm dealing with at home, citizens trying to make it. i know i had to do something. >> they speak to help to change the life of every child they encounter. in baltimore they provide tutoring for younger students and on the streets they are taking civic action, getting more than 500 signatures to get an anti-gang commission established in the city. >> i love what i can do to put a stop to violence. >> howard students are helping in efforts to challenge people to do something to save a teen. they helped build a memorial wall of bricks 374 teens struck down by gun violence including the senseless murder of a six-month-old baby. >> how in the world can a six-month-old baby be shot five times. we still go to homes and we say we are christians and we want to help the youth. we want to help those in trouble, but that baby, it's about howard university students spring break students coming out and rebuilding the memo

sunshine. close to 70sinoaklandtoday.mid-70s out towards the trivalley. should see about the same first thing st. patrick's day. monday, extra clouds. tuesday, rain for the afternoon. wednesday, the stormy day of the week. and skies clear by thursday. >>> we need willard scott here. we have a 100th birthday from mississippi. how much family did you bring with you? >> ten people. four generations. we're going to start singing right now. >> what a great celebration. happy birthday. dylan, i think. >> up next, selena dwoe mez and valerie huj inz here have rheuma, can you start the day the way you want? can orencia help? [ woman ] i wanted to get up when i was ready, not my joints. [ female announcer ] could your "i want" become "i can"? talk to your doctor. orencia reduces many ra symptoms like pain, morning stiffness and progression of joint damage. it's helped new ra patients and those not helped enough by other treatments. do not take orencia with another biologic medicine for ra due to an increased risk of serious infection. serious side effects can occur including fatal infections. ca

ridge stered this morning, san francisco talkingitoakland, talkingto this ship, talking over cellular, talking across and with different networks. the challenge for interoperatability is beginning to be met, i would say, the challenge for interoperatability at the same time is about to get much greater. we as a nation are about to embark on the most ambitous, most challenging communications endeavor that we have ever attempted, which is the creating of purse net, the public safety broad band or 4g network. and with that brings the promise of new challenges for sure in interoperatability and new capabilities that we have never had before. in fact, no other country is as far along as we are, even though we're just starting. what we see is the opportunity there to interoperate in many different ways than just voice as we have in the past. the challenge for us in the future will be the challenge of connectivity where we can connect wide band or narrow band voice or data or video across different systems. again, all of this is based on using internet protocol. one of the things that we

to improve interoperatability communications with the city. if we were needing assistancefromoaklandpolicedepartment and they needed to come into san francisco, we have a really good structure to be able to implement interoperatable communications over the radio. but with the military this is a whole new set of radio frequencies, radio technology, even before the planning we didn't know what they had. it took us several planning opportunities and meetings to flush through some of that information and one of the biggest take aways for us, as a city we're required to have a tactical interoperatable communications plan. it describes how you interoperate in an emergency or an event within the city as well as regional partners. we don't have that with military and i think that's one of the biggest take aways, we need to really flesh out a document so we have captured who our contacts are, what technology they are going to bring to the table and start that initial planning from the get-go. we also had some technical challenges with land mobile radio. you know, we have the coverage issues, b

under contract. we do not have our own helicoptersinoaklandorsan francisco itself, as was already mentioned to, san francisco is very difficult to get to in the case of a major event. it's either going to be getting people in or obviously getting across the bridges and getting material in. while we have the transport ability on the ground we don't have a lot of aircraft capability. most of our facilities wouldn't come in via aircraft anyway. the services we need, it's not typically getting the people, it's getting to the location you need to do the work. while we can drop folks via helicopter, we do that on a pretty regular basis during fires and storms up in the mountains, it's going to be able to get the roads clear and get the bridges open or get access into the location for which we need to get to. in fact, we suffered tlie that in a lot of the big cities just even during commute times if there's a minor emergency getting tlau and we have a relationship with the city here in san francisco where the fire department and the first responders have reached out to us and will h

be speaking for a lot of people but i am speaking for me. is not to have a lot of workbetweenoaklandandsan francisco. so that we can (inaudible) for places like the razz room. i don't want to do the children's circuit i have done it. come on, i am not going to do the dump, i have did the dump and all of that. you know what i am saying? i am going into a whole another culture for me. for 2013. along with other things that i do and if you could consider that, it would be so much appreciated and i know by mr. shelly and mr. robert and i know that they would appreciate so much in the bay area musician and singers in this bay area that appreciate real good music would appreciate it, thank you. >> thank you. >> i just want to stop here for a second and just to say that i am incredibly inpressed of the voices of veronica clauss and sharlene moore are here the people that i worked with, sharlene and donna and veronica who are great vocalists and i am humbled by your presence and i just wanted to say that. >> good evening, dear commission, i am don berger and many of you know me. i am one of the fe

read, we also have officialsfromoakland. thisis going to take a unified approach. we are up against a very tough competitors and south florida. miami has hosted. they know how to do it, but we are excited to show off our region, the innovation and also the compassion that we have here in this community. my job, my day job is running tipping points from the community and focusing on fighting poverty in the region and every community project that we have approached, are excited that we are not only talking about one game, but we are talking about bringing all the people together and shining a light on our entire region and helping our whole community embrace them. i want to thank jed, mayor matthew and lee forgiving me this opportunity to present this. on may 21st we present to the owners in boston and that will be the big day. so this is a great testament to the regions unified vision and i will turn it over to jed. thank you. [ applause ] >> it's a pleasure to the working with so many great people to bring the biggest sporting event in the world in northern california . we are worki

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